Notification No. GSR 253(E)

253 e the ministry of finance department of revenue central board of direct taxes staff car driver ordinary grade group c posts recruitment amendment rules 2018

What this is

Notification No. GSR 253(E) was published on 21 March 2018. Its subject is 253 e the ministry of finance department of revenue central board of direct taxes staff car driver ordinary grade group c posts recruitment amendment rules 2018.

This amends the Income-tax Rules. What it changes is the Rules, not the Act — and a rule can never take away what the section gives.

What it does

Rules made by the President under the proviso to article 309 of the Constitution, called the Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue, Central Board of Direct Taxes, Staff Car Driver (Ordinary Grade) Group 'C' posts, Recruitment (Amendment) Rules, 2018. In the Schedule to the Staff Car Driver (Ordinary Grade) Group 'C' Posts Recruitment Rules, 2015, in column 4 the heading 'Pay Band and Grade Pay' is substituted by 'Level in the Pay Matrix', and the entry 'Pay Band-1, Rs. 5200-20200 + Grade Pay of Rs. 1900' is substituted by 'Level 2 in the Pay Matrix (19900-63200)'. In column 11, 'Pay Band-1 of Rs. 5200-20200 + Grade Pay of Rs. 1800' is substituted by 'Level 1 in the Pay Matrix (Rs. 18000-56900)'.

Why it was issued

The explanatory memorandum records that following the recommendations reflected in the CCS (Revised Pay) Rules, 2016 dated 25 July 2016, the Government issued instructions by DoPT Office Memorandum No. AB.14017/13/2016-Estt.(RR) dated 9 August 2016 to replace the existing pay band and grade pay in recruitment rules with the new pay structure.

Who it reaches

Staff Car Drivers (Ordinary Grade) in the Income-tax Department
candidates and feeder-grade staff eligible for the post
the establishment wing handling recruitment and pay fixation

The provisions it speaks to

Left, the provision of the Income-tax Act, 1961 as the instrument itself names it. Right, the section of the Income-tax Act, 2025 that the department’s own concordance maps it to — which is where the same ground is now covered.

Under the 1961 Act	Now
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The instrument, as the Board published it

The department publishes this one only as a PDF, so the words below were read out of that PDF by machine. That reading can carry its own mistakes — a misread number, a broken line. Check the signed document before you rely on a figure in it.

NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 2 1 st March, 2018
G.S.R. 2S3(E).-ln exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to article 309 of the Constitution, the
President hereby make s the fo ll owing rul es further to amend the Ministry of Finance. Department of Revenue, Central
Board of Direct Taxes, Staff Car Driver (Ordinary Grade) Group 'C' Posts. Recruitment Rules, 20 lS, namely:-
I. (i) The ru les may be ca lled The Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue, Central Board of Direct Taxes,
Staff Car Driver (Ordinary Grade) Group 'C' posts, Recruitment (Amendment) Rules, 20 18.
(ii) They shall be come into force on the date of their publication in the Offic ial Gazette.
4 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA: EXTRAORDINARY [PART Il-SEC. 3(i) I
2. In the Schedule to the Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue, Central Board of Direct Taxes. St all Ca r
Driver (Ordinary Grade) Group C posts, Recruitment Rules, 2015, the following shall be amended namely-
(i) In column 4:
a) for the existing entries in Heading "Pay Band and Grade Pay", the words "Level in the Pay Matri x"
shall be substituted.
b) for the words and figures "Pay Band-I, Rs. 5200-20200 +Grade Pay of Rs. 1900" the word and
figure "Level 2 in the Pay Matrix ( 19900-63200)" shall be substituted.
(ji) In Column 11:
a) for the words and figure "Pay Band-I of Rs.5200-20200 +Grade Pay of Rs. 1800" [he words ancl
figure "Levell in the Pay Matrix (Rs. 18000-56900)" shall be substituted.
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue, Central Board of Direct Taxes, Staff Car Dri ver (Ordinary Graclel
Group C posts, Recruitment Rules, 20 I 5 were notified in the Gazette of Indi a vide G.S.R. 992(E) dil tcd
.18'h December, 20J 5. Following the recommendations of CCS (Revised Pay) Rules, 20 16 dated 25'11 Jul y, 20 16 the
Government had issued instructions vide DoPT OM No. AB.14017/1312016-Estt.(RR), dated 9'11 Augu st, 20 16 to amend
the existing Pay Band and Grade Pay by the new Pay Structure.
[F. No. HRD/CMII24/02l2016-17(PI. )/Dy. No. 166/20 1 8-Ad. Vln
JATI SINGH MEENA, Under Secy.
Footnote :The principal rules were published vide notification number G.S.R. 992(E), dated the 18'h December, 20 15 in
the Gazette ofIndia, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), dated 18.1 2.20 \5.

From when

the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.

What to watch

The rules come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
The change is confined to pay nomenclature, from pay band and grade pay to a level in the pay matrix; eligibility and method of recruitment are not touched.
The principal rules were published as G.S.R. 992(E) dated 18 December 2015.
These are service recruitment rules made under article 309 and are unconnected with the Income-tax Rules, 1962.

Where you meet it

In recruitment, promotion and pay fixation for the Staff Car Driver (Ordinary Grade) post in the Income-tax Department.

On the same provision

Other instruments in this library that name the same provision of the 1961 Act. They are not necessarily still operative, and a later one may have replaced an earlier one without saying so.

Notification No. 94/2026 [F. No. 370142/24/2026-TPL] / G.S.R. 646(E) : Income-tax (Second Amendment) Rules, 2026 : Amendment of rule 157 of the Income tax Rules, 2026 to align the definition of the specified fund with rule 114AAB of the Income tax Rules, 1962 — Ministry of Finance 21 July 2026
Notification No. 64 — [भाग II—खण् ड 3(i)] भारत का रािपत्र : असाधारण 7 16 April 2026
Notification No. 63/2026 [F. No. 370142/13/2026-TPL]/ GSR 268(E) — 2 the Gazette of INDIA : Extraordinary [Part Ii—sec. 3(i)] 10 April 2026
Notification No. 62/2026 [F. No. 370142/10/2026-TPL]/ GSR 267(E) — Ministry of Finance 10 April 2026
Notification No. 61/2026 [F. No. 370142/9/2026-TPL] / GSR 266(E) — [भाग II—खण् ड 3(i)] भारत का रािपत्र : असाधारण 3 10 April 2026
Notification No. 60/2026 [F. No. 370142/8/2026-TPL]/ GSR 265(E) — 2 the Gazette of INDIA : Extraordinary [Part Ii—sec. 3(i)] 10 April 2026

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What a notification is. A notification is made under a power the Act itself gives, and within that power it is law — unlike a circular, which only binds the department. Its reach is the reach of the enabling provision and no wider, and the date it carries decides from when it works.

Source: the Income Tax Department’s own published text — its page for this instrument.